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@M.Iqbal. I have purchased the bpp book so will start reading through It this weekend.
I am hoping once I read through the financial statements and calculate the ratios I can see what I have to work with and can get a good picture of the different information I want to find/ report on.
I think I will be ok with the financial performance side it’s the business performance that I am less confident with but hopefully after reading the bpp book I will understand more of what is required.@Katie – don’t forget that the BPP book will be looking at a traditional T8. There is no way that you can apply a textbook approach to a football club as I pointed out in the emails I sent to Liam (reproduced above). However the book will help with structuring your project and models and make give some hints on the SLS
Eek this is a little scary to not have a traditional structure to follow. However I have printed off your comments made above and will read these after bpp to tailor my project for football clubs.
I hope once I have read the above mentioned I will have some idea of where to begin!
@ Trephena-I think Katie needs to get an idea by reading the book and I am pretty sure after doing the exercise which she stated she would be more confident.
@Katie- Do not see a reason for you to be scared. Your project might not be traditional but the basic would always stay the same and that is what you should be aiming get attain from reading the book. If everything was to be given by the book, I am sure it would be banned and would be unfair.
You got a lot to do on the weekend!
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dear all,
hiobu forums are really helpful….
i started with obu project but i am stuck in between how to calculate ratios should i use underlying profits for my ratio analysis or statutory profits..?????. its a retail company.of uk.. i donot know as they give two types of profits and figure in annual report … also in interest cover ratio should i use net finance cost or normal finance cost? and can you pleas help me from where can i take p/e ratio for 3 years ???@iqra9891 – There is no definitive answer as it very much depends on the organisation and comparator. Usually you would take the figures from the audited accounts and base,your calculations on these. If the business has been affected by an acquisition or extraordinary factors that are outside its normal business then there may be justification to deviate from these figures. You would then need to explain this both in your limitations section and when doing the relevant analysis.
Read up some articles from the business press to give you some idea of the profit figures the commentators are using and read the notes to the accounts to find out what the finance cost comprises and try to compare like with like when doing your competitor analysis.
Hi All,
I just wanted to let you know that I will be delaying the start of my project until Jan 16. I have decided to completed my F9 paper first ( last F paper) and then complete my project.Once again thank you for your valuable help so far and I’m sure I will be back on here soon for some more great advice!
Katie
@Katie – thanks for the update. We all at Open Tuition wish you well and good luck with F9 🙂
Hello all firstly i would like to ask if taking the OBU RAP and two proffessional courses is advisable??
secondly i have choson HPQ company and IBM as comperitor but finding it difficult to have full history about HPQ and reference.please i need help in these area
@david – I answered a similar question about whether to do the RAP when doing optional papers on ‘OBU project alongside two optional papers so see this for general advice. It has to be your choice but if you start the project and then find it is all too much you can defer the project if you are not facing the 10 year limit.
Regarding the second question – not a great deal of history is required as your main focus should be on analysis and the 3 latest years. Just some background is required and there is normally sufficient on companies’ own websites under About Us or Investor Relations. For Referencing see the Appendix of the Information Pack or again use ‘University Referencing ‘ in a search engine as many universities produce their own guides. I am writing an article on this called ‘The Open Tuition Ultimate Guide to Referencing’ but this will not be ready for another few weeks.
Most listed organisations have many segments.
Do I have to analyse the performance of the whole group or of a specific segment of the group?If I do my project for the whole group,how will I find a comparative organization similar to my main organization?
Thank you for your time.
What is the suitable competitor for amazon? I was thinking of eBay. Would I be able to get enough information from the internet about amazon and its competitor?
Thank you for your support.
Im planning to do topic 8 for my RAP however i have discovered that most company financial packs are larger that the required size when submitting, how do i reduce their file size
HI all
I am just starting my OBU project and I have no idea where to start with, can someone here please guide me about it and please let me know how to chose companies for the topic 8…
Thankyou..
@mngwenya – you do not submit the whole annual report just extracts for the financial statements
@awaisxatti311 – it is best to choose a company that you are interested in and want to learn more about and assess whether it has a suitable comparator. Another main consideration is availability of information.
I am never in the business of recommending particular companies as (a) personally I would probably not choose T8 in the first place and (b) what I find interesting probably would not necessarily appeal to someone else. However if you read through some of the posts on here it may give you some ideas.
Suggestions from other students though might be helpful so perhaps they can assist you here. So suggestions welcome from anybody….
Hi everyone,
I am preparing to take RAP but I am really afraid if I choose unsuitable topic.
I am interested in production firm and I am studying P5 so I think it would be good idea to choose production field topic.
Is there anyone who would please give me some advice about it?
Thank you guys a lot for reading.It is not so much what you are interested in but combining that interest with access and availability of data. Some subjects are only really viable if you are employed in the organisation and will have lines of access to the right people and departments. I suggest you read the introductory paragraphs of my article on Evaluation (the most common cause of failure) and Part 3 of the article that looks at the type of approach needed for each topic. The article our FAQs and other good general advice is on our homepage http://www.opentuition.com/obu
You should also consult the latest OBU information pack (available on the accaglobal website): there are sections on information gathereing which it is important you should read before starting which may help you eliminate some topics.
Take a look at the forum topic Top tips for RAP (towards the top of our forum topic list) – go to page 3 of this and scroll down to the two posts by Hammad Ahmed Quereshi who discusses the detail behind the assessment criteria (all of which have to be passed)
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